Christine

                                                                          
As a Stephen King fan, I have high expectations for every one of the films inspired by his books. Christine is no exception and overall I think it is a good movie but also one that is missing some stuff.

Christine is the story of a nerd named Arine (Keith Gordon) who buys a car which he names Christine that as it turns out has a mind of it's own and goes on a killing spree. Christine even starts to take over and begins affecting Arine who is mysteriously attached to the car.

In many ways, this is kind of a hard film to put together but John Carpenter does a good job with it. Maybe he could put more a bit more detail into this but for the most part he offers up a quite convincing killer car that feels real through some of the characters are a little unrealistic and for example you see some of them walk away unhurt from what should be major injures in incidents with Christine. In short, Chrsitine is really a unique killer and Carpenter develops and presents Christine very well.

Some of the plot elements are a bit difficult. Also some of the characters really seem to run on a lot of emotions while working with Christine but at the same time, they are still good scenes. There are some great actors including Harry Dean Stanton, Keith Gordon and John Stockwell and Carpenter uses them well to develop some very fine characters.

Christine is not the best Stephen King book adaptation out there nor is it Carpenter's best work, but it is still a well-made 80's horror film that I enjoyed and would recommend.